Levee



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 防洪堤; 堤岸
• ［英］ n. 防洪堤 ( an embankmen) ; 堤岸 ( bank of a river)
• ［记］ 注意不要和lever ( 杠杆) 相混

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: French lever, from Middle French, act of arising, from (se) lever to rise
• Date: 1672
• 1. a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed
• 2. an afternoon assembly at which the British sovereign or his or her representative receives only men
• 3. a reception usually in honor of a particular person

II. noun

• Etymology: French levée, from Old French, act of raising, from lever to raise — more at lever
• Date: circa 1720
• 1.
  • a. an embankment for preventing flooding
  • b. a river landing place ; pier
• 2. a continuous dike or ridge (as of earth) for confining the irrigation areas of land to be flooded

III. transitive verb (leveed; leveeing)

• Date: 1832
• to provide with a levee

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